Famitsu recently caught up with SEGA Sammy’s Naoya Tsurumi, who is now acting as the president of Index Corporation. Tsurumi was asked about the status of the Atlus brand as a whole, development structure, and more. Tsurumi’s full comments can be found below.

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The Girl and the Robot is officially coming to Wii U after reaching a stretch goal on Kickstarter.

$25,000 was needed in order to ensure a release on Nintendo’s console. That figure was reached just a short while ago.

You can find the Kickstarter for The Girl and the Robot here.

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Nintendo has finally gotten things sorted with Target’s Zelda 3DS XL bundle sale. It’ll be available for $50 off starting tomorrow, making the package $170 rather than $150. You’ll still be saving $50, which is nothing to snuff at. The discount lasts through November 30 (and while supplies last).

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Breakfall’s “STARWHAL: Just The Tip,” a game involving narwhal battles in space, is planned for Wii U. The team has opened up a Kickstarter (located here) in order to introduce additional elements.

Breakfall is seeking $15,000 CAD before the December 27 deadline. Over $2,000 CAD has been raised thus far.

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This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:

3DS

Downloadable Titles
Nintendo 3DS Guide: Louvre Bijutsukan (The Louvre) – 1,800 yen
Simple DL Series Vol. 23 The Kanshiki-kan – File 2 Kinky? Shutsud?! Ochita Hoshi o Oe! – 500 yen
Urban Trial Freestyle – 500 yen
Excave – 700 yen
Kiwamero! Shunkan Jump Kentei (Jump Trials Supreme) – 500 yen
Kiwamero! Shunkan Jump Kentei (Jump Trials Supreme) DEMO – FREE
Game Zanmai – 500 yen
Dokopon Choice Meitantei Conan (Detective Conan) Vol. 2: 11-20-kan pack – 4,200 yen
Kamen Rider Traveler’s Senki (retail title) – 5,480 yen (from 11/27)
Kodomo ni Anshin Shite Ataerareru Game Series: Sekai Meisaku D?wa Oyako de Yomeru Game Ehon Princess-hen (retail title) – 3,990 yen (from 11/27)
Kodomo ni Anshin Shite Ataerareru Game Series: Sekai Meisaku D?wa Oyako de Yomeru Game Ehon Princess-hen (retail title) DEMO – FREE
Kodomo ni Anshin Shite Ataerareru Game Series: Sekai Meisaku D?wa Oyako de Yomeru Game Ehon B?ken-hen (retail title) – 3,990 yen (from 11/27)
Kodomo ni Anshin Shite Ataerareru Game Series: Sekai Meisaku D?wa Oyako de Yomeru Game Ehon B?ken-hen (retail title) DEMO – FREE
Toriko Ultimate Survival (retail title) – 5,980 yen (from 11/27)
Nank?furaku Sangokuden – Shu to Toki no D?jaku (retail title) – 5,800 yen (from 11/27)
Hatsune Miku Project Mirai 2 (retail title) – 5,600 yen (from 11/27)
Wan Nyan Pet Shop (retail title) – 5,040 yen (from 11/27)
Model Oshare Audition Dream Girl DEMO – FREE
Kirameki Wakuwaku Sweets DEMO – FREE
Puzzle and Dragons Z DEMO – FREE
HomeTown Story DEMO – FREE

Virtual Console
Star Luster (Famicom) – 500 yen

Wii U

Downloadable Titles
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag (retail title) – 6,930 yen

Virtual Console
Contra Spirits (Contral III: The Alien Wars, Super Famicom) – 800 yen
Rushing Beat Ran: Fukusei Toshi (Brawl Brothers, Super Famicom) 800 yen

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Nintendo World Store will be offering a few Black Friday 2013 deals. You can find all of the store’s deals above.

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Interesting that Swords & Darkness’ opening video is spoken in English. That bodes well for a western release!

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As of late, we’ve been hearing about quite a few 3DS games that have been pushed back in Japan. Game Center CX 3 is the latest title to be suffering a delay. Namco Bandai has moved the game’s release date back from January 23 to March 20.

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